The Gauntlet
Movie (1977)
French title : L'épreuve de force
Starring:
Clint Eastwood (Ben Shockley)
Sondra Locke (Gus Mally)
Pat Hingle (Meynard Josephson)
William Prince (Commissioner Edgar Blakelock)
Bill McKinney (Constable)
Michael Cavanaugh (John Feyderspiel)
A hard but mediocre cop is assigned to escort a prostitute into custody from Las Vegas to Phoenix, so that she can testify in a mob trial. But a lot of people are literally betting that they won't make it into town alive.
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31
Registration N9338, c/n 47347/478 built in 1969. Banana yellow DC-9 of Hughes Airwest, airline company which was purchased by Republic Airlines in the late 70s, and that will merge to Northwest Airlines in the mid 80s.
Sud Aviation SA 341G Gazelle
Used by a mob sniper to come after Shockley and Gus on their motorcycle. Flies into some powerlines.
Registration N341AH, c/n 1032. Linked in with several registration successively : N223DP, N223DB, N341AH, N57GT, N57TT and the last one : F-GESG (reg. cancelled on November 2016; fate unknown).
Same helicopter in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing).
Bell 206 JetRanger
In a continuity error, the sniper's Gazelle casts a shadow of a Bell 206 in one shot. Likely, this was the camera crew's helicopter.
Hughes 269C
Reg. N9666F Hughes 269C c/n 610120 built in 1971 used by the Phoenix Police Department.
Now part of the Phoenix Police Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
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